Vicki Clayton was headed for Seattle aboard the Puget Sound ferry when she remembered that her children's school was closing early that day. Undaunted, she simply picked up the phone and arranged for a baby-sitter. Clayton, a Bainbridge Island homemaker, thus availed herself of one of the latest benefits of the information age: pay phones on public transportation.
The new service began last month when NewVector Communications of Bellevue, Wash., installed phones on five Seattle buses and four ferries as part of a three-month trial. For 50 cents a minute, chargeable to most major credit cards, passengers can make local calls....
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